On November 28th a Walmart employee was killed when a crowd of Black Friday shoppers first busted through the doors and then trampled him. In light of this, I offer you the picture below. I took it at the JC Penney in Glendale, CA, on Wednesday:

I’m not sure what sociological insight it illustrates, but there is something truly amazing here about how quickly we forget, how callous we can be, the level of incompetence at JC Penney, or the plain ol’ thoughtlessness that pervades contemporary American culture.

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